Category Archives: Video of the Week

Video of the Week: John Goddard

Posted on January 6, 2012 by mrshawke

Today’s video corresponds to a lesson in life goals, in which we will analyze (and be COMPLETELY AMAZED by) John Goddard’s Life List, which he created as a teenager, and create a list of our own. Here are handouts of … Continue reading →

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VoW: What adults can learn from kids & Dancing!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by mrshawke

Freshmen and sophomores watched different video clips on this past first Friday of the year. This one, I thought a great lead-in to Scout’s narration of To Kill a Mockingbird for 9th-graders: And 10th-graders got to watch the amazing dance … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: ‘Spin’

Posted on April 17, 2011 by mrshawke

Friday’s video and writing prompt was this short film, “Spin,” from Double Edge Films’ Jamin Winans. Featuring a DJ with two turntables and a time machine, I would label its genre magical realism: realistic with supernatural elements. Have you ever … Continue reading →

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Videos of the Week: Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir & Helen Fisher’s ‘The Brain in Love’

Posted on April 12, 2011 by mrshawke

Friday’s videos were different for different classes. English 10 watched Eric Whitacre’s TEDTalk about his experience of putting together a virtual choir, connecting people and voices around the world: And building on the love themes in Romeo and Juliet, AD … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: Nonverbal Communication (Ren and Sam!)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by mrshawke

We watched a couple of viral videos on Friday about Ren and Sam, the toddler twins who “talk” to each other expressively, and talked about how they communicate meaning without speaking actual words. The first video has been taken down, … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: Nick Vujicic’s ‘I Love Living Life. I Am Happy.”

Posted on March 27, 2011 by mrshawke

This week’s video and writing prompt amazed us all! Before showing Nick Vujicic’s “I Love Living Life. I Am Happy” to my classes, I’d already seen the video at least twice, but even after four classes on Friday, I still … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: ‘The Secret Powers of Time’

Posted on March 20, 2011 by mrshawke

Our video for the week is about time and how our view of it affects who we are and how we live. Psychologist and Stanford professor Philip Zimbardo says that the extent to which we have the six “time perspectives” … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: A Different Color Blue

Posted on March 4, 2011 by mrshawke

Watch the film at POV: A Different Color Blue Today’s film and writing prompt, at about four minutes, is a really short one, but it packs a lot of sensory punch. It’s about Charles Curtis Blackwell, a San Francisco artist … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: ‘Trash-Out’

Posted on March 2, 2011 by mrshawke

Friday’s video and discussion/writing prompt was a PBS short film called “Trash-Out,” which shows a clean-up crew in a foreclosed house. We talked about the economic recession and job loss, and also about the stories that the empty house tells … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: Neil Pasricha’s ‘The 3 A’s of Awesome’

Posted on February 19, 2011 by mrshawke

Today’s inspirational video and writing prompt:

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Video of the Week: ‘Bye’

Posted on February 14, 2011 by mrshawke

On Friday, we watched a documentary about Jayden, a two-year-old boy in the Bronx who has been diagnosed with autism. (You can watch the movie at the PBS website, but it’s not available for embedding.) Our writing prompt for the … Continue reading →

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Video of the Week: ‘Validation’

Posted on January 18, 2011 by mrshawke

I can’t believe I never posted this short film that we watched back in November! Written and directed by Kurt Kuenne, the movie stars TJ Thyne (before he was on the TV show, “Bones”) and Vicki Davis. It’s all about … Continue reading →

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Universal Communication: Dance and Music

Posted on November 5, 2010 by mrshawke

Today we watched two video clips in class that depict two different stories of people across the world communicating in ways we don’t usually think of as language: dance and music. First, Matt Harding travels the globe to dance his … Continue reading →

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Perception vs. Reality: Dove Evolution

Posted on October 17, 2010 by mrshawke

This is the “Dove Evolution” short film I showed on Friday. Our prompt for the day was “perception vs. reality,” and I think this video is perfect for it. We so often mistake our perception for reality, when all too … Continue reading →

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Radiolab/NPR Presents ‘WORDS’

Posted on October 6, 2010 by mrshawke

For those of you who weren’t in class when I showed this short film, and for you parents (and anyone else) interested in what we’re doing in class: Watch it once, thinking about the words implied by each film clip … Continue reading →

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